Citizen POS Printer Utility vs Mobile Print Util
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Citizen POS Printer Utility
Configure Citizen POS printers with ease. Adjust settings like MSW, logos, and network connections via Bluetooth, LAN, or USB. Supports a wide range of Citizen printer models.
- MSW Setting
- Logo Setting
- Bluetooth Setting
- IP Address Setting
- USB Setting
- Wide printer model support
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Citizen POS Printer Utility is an application for setting the Citizen POS printer. [Key Features] - MSW Setting - Logo Setting - Bluetooth Setting - IP Address Setting - USB Setting [Supported Printers] - CT-E601 - CT-E301 - CT-D101 - CT-S751 - CT-S4500 - CT-E351, CT-E651 - CT-D150, CT-D151 - CT-S251 - CT-S281 - CT-S310II - CT-S801, CT-S851, CT-S601, CT-S651 - CT-S801II, CT-S851II, CT-S601II, CT-S651II - CT-S801III, CT-S851III - CT-S2000, CT-S4000 [Supported Interface] - Bluetooth, LAN, Wireless LAN, USB(Ligntning) Remarks * Web site URL for SDK https://www.citizen-systems.co.jp/en/printer/download/#sdk Thank you for your interest in CITIZEN POS Printers!
Mobile Print Util
This utility allows iOS users to print images and multilingual text to Bluetooth-enabled thermal printers. It supports web calls for printing content from URLs using encoded tags and HTML.
- Print images via URL
- Print multilingual text
- Web call printing
- Supports ESC/POS characters
- Bluetooth connectivity
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A thermal printing utility via Bluetooth connection with your iOS device(iPhone or iPad). It can print image, multilingual text, and supported ESC/POS characters from your iOS device to a thermal printer, can make a web call to print your content from an URL using the available pound-sign encoded tags and/or HTML codes. Let's give a try! Usage: - To print an image by using the tag #imagurl# and #/imageurl# with an URL to the image: #imageurl#https://YOUR-DOMAIN.COM/image.png#/imageurl# - To print a multilingual content by using the heading tag #mling# following by other supported tags and/or HTML: #mling##sl#Yet another test!#/sl# - To print a multilingual content encoded using base64-UTF-8 HTML by using the heading tag #deb64#, let's disclose the readable content below: #deb64#PGI+TGV0J3MgZ2l2ZSBhIHRyeS4uLjwvYj48YnIvPg0KPGI+U8OzbG8gdW4gcGVxdWXDsW8 - To print directly supported ESC/POS tags/characters without image: #escps##sl#Hello, world!#lf##ss#Are we alone?#lf# The utility works the same way printing image and/or content from your device by calling from web. Once installed and configured, try the preconfigured links from our web at https://www.mobileprintutil.com/linktest.htm The app should work with most ESC/POS thermal printers with Bluetooth. Any problem please kindly let us know.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Citizen POS Printer Utility at none against Mobile Print Util's shown. Citizen POS Printer Utility also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Mobile Print Util's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Citizen POS Printer Utility against 5.0 for Mobile Print Util. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Citizen POS Printer Utility ships an update every 11 months, Mobile Print Util every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Citizen POS Printer Utility | Mobile Print Util |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD. | Sam Ath OUCH |
Customer experience
Citizen POS Printer Utility
Mobile Print Util
In-app purchases
Citizen POS Printer Utility
No in-app purchases
Mobile Print Util
No in-app purchases
Questions
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